#Air Force base

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B-52 Stratofortresses at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota

[nocternalrandomness]

View of the Barksdale Air Force Base flight line from inside a B-52

[ellstinson]

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE THEORY

One of the questions I had after watching volume 2 of the fourth season was how Ellen Stinson managed to rescue the group from Russia and bring them to the United States/Hawkins. Unfortunately, because of the "Two Days Later" note, we didn't get many answers about this. I gathered some details to theorize and fanficate how this rescue might have happened until their arrival in Hawkins, and how Agent Stinson's contacts in Nellis might have helped;

KATINKA

We start with Yuri introducing his helicopter to the characters, which, according to him, would take them to the United States. Obviously, that helicopter wouldn't have enough power and fuel for a direct flight; Dmitri even tells Yuri that the smuggler's helicopter wouldn't make it to America. In fact, Katinka had never taken off, which is why Yuri said he would make some adjustments.

Joyce had the idea of calling Owens for help. After a few hours, Stinson returns the call, and after Hopper manages to convince her that it was really him, they exchange some information. Most of the dialogue is off-screen, but Stinson talks about Eleven and the Byers, and most likely, Hopper gives a brief explanation of his situation in Russia and asks her for help to get them to Hawkins. I have a theory that Ellen must have asked Hopper to provide a safe address for her to send her people/contacts to pick them up. This safe location would be "Yuri’s Fish N Fly" because the route would be a bit shorter than going directly to Hawkins, the fuel would be enough, and it would be a place already known to the characters and secluded.

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE

Nellis Air Force Base is a real-life military installation of the US Air Force in Nevada. In Stranger Things, it is mentioned in episode 8 when Eleven decides to leave Project Nina and go to Hawkins. Dr. Owens says that Stinson has contacts in Nellis and that they could reach Hawkins before nightfall.

The cool thing about mentioning that Stinson has military contacts she trusts when needed is that this could be useful again in season 5.

As we know, everything went wrong; Brenner cut Owens out at the last minute and forced Eleven to stay in Project Nina as long as he deemed necessary until her powers were fully restored and much stronger. After that, Sullivan's faction arrives at the Project Nina.

Stinson would use her contacts at Nellis to get a helicopter and send some of her trusted colleagues from Nellis to the meeting point in Alaska, with total secrecy. I think they would use a more discreet helicopter to avoid drawing too much attention.

LEAVING RUSSIA

After the final battle, we saw Yuri and Dmitri arrive with Katinka fully functioning at the prison to rescue Hopper, Joyce, and Murray and get out of Russia as soon as possible. Then Yuri would head to Alaska, specifically to "Yuri's Fish N Fly," the meeting point with Stinson's contacts. Landing there, Hopper got in touch with Agent Stinson, and sometime later the helicopter arrived to take them to Nevada.

To me, those who went with the helicopter to Nevada were Hopper, Joyce, Murray, and Dmitri.

- Hopper and Joyce for obvious reasons.

- Murray would go with them to Nevada but would later head to his home (that same year, he would move to Hawkins and start working at Bradley’s Big Buy, as the filming photos of season 5 suggest).

- Dmitri would go with them because he is now a traitor in his country, so the only way is to follow his life in the United States, in another city. Owens' friends could easily bring his wife and child to the United States and give them citizenship in exchange for secrecy, perhaps (most certainly, we won't see him in season 5).

- One interesting thing is that in the script for episode 9, there is a conversation that didn't make the final cut where Murray says to Dmitri that he could imagine him living in Indiana.

- As for Yuri, it obviously wouldn't make sense for him to leave since he has his established place in Alaska.

NEVADA

Stinson or other agents would receive them at Nellis and accommodate them at their base before heading to Hawkins by car, so they could take a shower, get clean clothes, and learn a bit about what is happening in Hawkins.

A cool detail on Hopper's cap is the embroidered golden oak leaf decoration, the same that officers wear, like on Sullivan's visor, because it has a military meaning. They are also used by ordinary people as a tribute. I imagine Stinson's contacts in Nevada giving the cap to Hopper so he wouldn't be identified

HAWKINS

After that, Stinson, Hopper, and Joyce head to Hawkins, while the other agents in Nevada took Murray to his home in Illinois. After some time, he returned to Hawkins, and Dimitri was taken to his new temporary address, possibly in Indiana or somewhere far from Hawkins.

[65eatonplace]

17 year old Sharon Tate was proclaimed the first "Prom Queen" at the American High School in Vincenza Italy in November 1960. Years later a former classmate would joke the fall prom queen position was created just for her.

[hyper-coasters]

Blue Angels. MacDill AFB, 2022. Super Hornet.

[crossroadshoosiers]

Grissom Air Museum, Museum at Grissom Air Reserve Base. Peru, Indiana. 

[mayalaen]

this is fine

We live near an air force base and the jets regularly fly in the afternoon/early evening.

It’s always loud and annoying but you get used to it after a while.

But in the last couple months they got new jets that are SO FUCKING LOUD that it still hurts my ears even when I plug them.

I try to get Roo into the house as quickly as possible -- she comes running if she hears them off in the distance.

Even when we’re inside, we can’t hear the TV or whoever we’re talking to on the phone when they fly by.

When we first moved here 10 years ago the AF used to do maneuvers 1-2 times a week for maybe 2 hours.

As of about 2 years ago they do maneuvers every day from around 4pm to 11pm and sometimes going as late as 3am.

Every once in a while one of the older jets flies by and they sound so quiet now compared to the new jets.

If you’re standing outside and one goes directly overhead, it also sometimes does this ear-piercing high-pitched scream that makes my eyes water.

The best part is that whenever there’s extra shitty stuff going on in the world and the news is like ooh shit things are a little tense with this or that country, the AF activity in the area ramps up.

We were recently told to ignore the explosions in the desert north of us because they’d decided to do ground training and were going to use live explosives.

I definitely won’t miss all this shit when I move.

[ssunvulcan1981]

Pasio New Locations

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Boeing-B-52-Stratofortress-bombers-in-storage-at-Davis-Monthan-AFB

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RWY 21 - Luke AFB - Phoenix, Arizona

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A Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird over Edward Air Force Base

➤➤ EDWARDS AFB VIDEO: https://youtu.be/fGSqQxhYYkA

[wackydoggs]

i just saw a listing on ebay for athf car air fresheners, which is cool and all, but it got me thinking about like…. what are they even meant to smell like? do they smell nice or do they smell like fast food??? if i buy a meatwad air freshener is my car gonna smell like rotten meat?????